Book and greeting card combination



Nov. 15, 1966 H, GQRDUN 3,285,402

BOOK AND GREETING CARD COMBINATION Filed March '7, 1966 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 q INVENTOR. /Jack H. Gordun ATTORNEY Nov. 15, 1966 J. H. GORDUN 3,285,402

BOOK AND GREETING CARD COMBINATION Filed March '7, 1966 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Nov. 15, 1966 J, GORDUN 3,285,402

BOOK AND GREETING CARD COMBINATION Filed March 7, 1966 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 FIG.7

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United States Patent 3,285 402 BOOK AND GREETING CARD COMBINATION Jack H. Goa-dun, New York, N.Y., assignor to Bookem Corp, New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Mar. 7, 1966, Ser. No. 532,410 2 Claims. (Cl. 206-46) This invention relates to a combination book and greeting card.

Heretofore, books and greeting cards have been mailed separately to a receiver and such books and greeting cards have been separately Wrapped or placed in enevelopes which are made specifically of a size to house the greeting card. This requires delay, time and expense on the part of the sender.

This invention eliminates the necessity of wrapping the book card in wrapping paper or placing it in a separate envelope for mailing and provides for mailing and covers for the book so that the book is intact and in readable condition almost immediately upon receipt.

Broadly, it is an object of the invention to provide a book, one cover side of which contains a greeting or picture of the card type sold in greeting card shopsfor many occasions, such as get-well cards, birthdays, anniversaries and the like, and the opposite cover side has provision for the name and address of the person to whom the book is to be sent, postage stamp on one portion and the senders message or letter on the other portion.

More specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a combination book-card, the covers of which act as the covers of the book, as a greeting card and for the purpose of mailing without additional wrapping since one portion of the cover has provision for a message or letter from the sender, the name, address of the receiver and the postage.

A further object of the book-card is to permit the mailing of same at an inexpensive postal rate and with the least trouble to the sender.

Still a further object of the invention .is to provide a simple method for the receiver of the book-card to separate the covers of the book-card after receipt (tantamount to opening the package) and to set up the book for normal reading in the usual manner.

Another object of the book-card is to provide a means of mailing a combination book-card to a receiver so that all a sender need do is to address the book-card on the cover, Write a message on same, apply postage and drop it in the mails. N'o wrapping of any kind is necessary.

Still another object is to provide a means of holding the covers of the book together until the book-card reaches the receiver.

Another object is to permit stacking of the bookcards without the danger of such book-cards adhering to each other.

The above and other objects and advantages of the invention will fully appear from the following detailed de scription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a book with cover and protective and information panels of the cover in extended position;

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the book and cover with the protective and information panels of the cover flattened against the inside of the front cover portion;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the book and cover showing the same ready for mailing;

FIG. 4 is another partial perspective view of the book and cover in condition for reading with the protective and he a information panels of the cover flattened against the inside of the front cover portion;

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view showing the back cover separated from the information panel or flap portion before the flap portion on instruction panel has been flattened and attached to the front panel portion.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a modification of the book and cover shown in the previous figures, said modification having upper and lower extension panels and flaps for protecting the ends of the pages or leaves of the book during mailing period and during use by the receiver, if desired;

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the outside cover and its panels; and

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the inside cover and its panels.

Referring to the drawing, numeral 10 rep-resents a book having leaves 11 and a book cover comprising five panels. The leaves are generally of a lightweight paper and the cover is of a heavier paper stock. Each panel has two sides which will be designated for purposes of description as an inside and outside section. The five panels in sequence are the back panel 12, spine panel 13, front panel 14, instruction panel 15 and information panel 16.

The outside section 12' of back panel 12 is generally divided into two portions, one portion 17 being used for the name and address of the person to whom the bookcard is sent (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the receiver) and a mailing stamp, the other portion 18 being used for the senders letter or message. The inside sec- :tion 12" has a longitudinal line of a special type of adhesive 19 which is dry to the touch and only sticks or adheres when it comes in contact with a line of the same type of adhesive. While referred to as a line of adhesive, such line may be a series of dots 0r dashes and may be of a width sufficient to effectively hold the back panel 12 to another line of the same type of adhesive until it is manually pried or peeled apart when desired for the purposes hereinafter described. The lines of adhesive hereinafter referred to are of the same type as described for adhesive line 19.

The outside section 13' of spine panel '13 is used for the name or title of the book which may be printed longitudinally or laterally depending upon the length of the title, the size and logo of the type used and the desire of the publisher. The leaves or pages 11 of the book are adhered to the inside section 13 of the spine panel 13 as is well known in the book art and may be of any desired number. For illustrative purposes, the leaves have with or without words, which may be in the nature of a get-well message, humorous saying or a poem and the like. The inside section 14" has a longitudinal line of adhesive 20 the purpose of which will be hereinafter described. This line of adhesive is so positioned that it will coincide with the line of adhesive 22 as will be hereinafter described.

The outside section 15' of instruction panel 15 is preferably used for explaining the method of using the covers of the book-car The receiver would generally look at narrow panel 15, since it is the panel opposite the title or spine panel 13 and adjacent the edge 21 of back panel 12 before attempting to open the package or book-card. This panel, therefore, is considered to be the best position for the instructions.

The outside section 16' of information panel 16 is preferably used for giving a short statement about the author, and/ or a short statement about the plot of the book, or what is known in the book business as the sales pitch to aid in selling the book. The outside section 16' has a longitudinal line of adhesive 23 at its outer connected edge and an inside longitudinal line of adhesive 22 along its free inner edge.

When the purchaser or sender buys the book-card, the adhesive line 19 is adhered to adhesive line 23 so that the package is complete and ready for mailing. The purchaser -or sender of the book-card merely addresses and stamps the book-card and writes the message on the outside section 12' of back panel 12 and drops the bookcard in the mail. Because the message or letter is exposed, it is sent like a postcard and receives the benefit of an inexpensive mailing rate.

When the receiver or person to whom the book-card is addressed receives the book-card, he or she reads the message or letter like reading a post-card. The instruction panel 15 will inform the receiver to separate the back panel 12 from information panel 16 by peeling the edge 21 from the panel 16. By so doing, the line of adhesive 19 will separate from the line of adhesive 23. Then the receiver lifts the pages or leaves 11 and flattens instruction panel 15 and information panel 16 against the inside section 14" of front panel 14 so that the line of adhesive 22 coincides with the line of adhesive 20 and such adhesive lines are pressed together. Thus, the instruction panel 15 and information panel 16 are retained flat against the front panel cover 14 as part of the book cover for future reference. The leaves or pages 11 act as a separator so that the lines of adhesive 19 and 23 do not come in contact with one another. Thus the back panel 12 cannot stick to information panel 16 and the book may be read in the normal manner as any hard cover or paper back book. Since the adhesive is of the dry type as heretofore described, the lines of adhesive 19 and 23 will not interfere with the normal use of the book when being read.

The modification shown in FIG. 8 is of the same construction as the one shown in the figures above mentioned and is used in the same manner except that front panel 14 has a top and bottom extension panel 24, 25 each with an end flap 24, 25' respectively, for covering the top and bottom edges of the leaves of the book. The end flaps 24', 25' are angularly cut so that they can be inserted between the back panel and the leaves of the book. Of course, top and bottom panels 24, 25 may be made as extensions of the back panel or the panel 24 may be made as an extension of the back panel and the panel 25 as an extension of the front panel, of vice versa. By using such extension panels, the book is completely covered during mailing. When the book-car is received, the top and bottom extension panels 24, 25 with their end flaps 24', 25 may be removed by tearing them along the perforated line 26 and the book may be read in the normal manner. If the reader desires to retain the extension panels and flaps to protect the ends of the leaves or pages during the period that the book is being read, he may do so.

It will be noted that this combination book and greeting card has the two-fold purpose of bringing a greeting to the receiver as well as the pleasure derived from reading the book after receipt of same. The book-car such as heretofore described, is especially well received by a person in a hospital during convalescence.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A book having a plurality of leaves and a cover for same used as a mailing envelope,

(a) said cover comprising a sheet divided into five connected panels,

('b) two of said panels being wide and of approximately the same size and acting as the front and back cover portions of said book,

(0) said back cover portion having a free edge,

(d) two of said panels being narrow and of approximately the same size and acting as the spine and protective portions of the back and front edges, respectively, of theleaves of said book,

(e) the fifth panel being a flap portion,

(f) a line of separable adhesive along the free edge of the inside of said back cover portion,

(g) a line of separable adhesive along the connected edge of the outside of said flap portion,

(h) whereby when said lines of separable adhesive are pressed and adhered together said cover forms a sealed envelope for mailing said book,

(i) a line of adhesive along the inside free edge of said flap portion,

(j) a line of adhesive on the inside of said front cover portion spaced from its edges to coincide with said line of adhesive on the inside of the free edge of said flap portion when said protective and flap portions are flattened against the inside of said front cover portion for putting said book in condition for reading,

(k) said leaves acting as a separator between said back cover portion and said protective and flap portions.

2. The book as claimed in claim 1 with the addition of opposed panels extending from the end of said front or back panels to cover the narrow edges of said leaves of the book, each of said extension panels having an end flap, said end flap having a free edge for insertion between said front and back panels and said leaves, and a perforated line at the juncture of said extension panels and said front -or back panels whereby said extension panels may be read1ly removed from said front and back panels.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS LOUIS G. MANCENE, Primary Examiner. 

1. A BOOK HAVING A PLURALITY OF LEAVES AND A COVER FOR SAME USED AS A MAILING ENVELOPE, (A) SAID COVER COMPRISING A SHEET DIVIDED INTO FIVE CONNECTED PANELS, (B) TWO OF SAID PANELS BEING WIDE AND OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME SIZE AND ACTING AS THE FRONT AND BACK COVER PORTIONS OF SAID BOOK, (C) SAID BACK COVER PORTION HAVING A FREE EDGE, (D) TWO OF SAID PANELS BEING NARROW AND OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME SIZE AND ACTING AS THE SPINE AND PROTECTIVE PORTIONS OF THE BACK AND FRONT EDGES, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE LEAVES OF SAID BOOK, (E) THE FIFTH PANEL BEING A FLAP PORTION, (F) A LINE OF SEPARABLE ADHESIVE ALONG THE FREE EDGE OF THE INSIDE OF SAID BACK COVER PORTION, (G) A LINE OF SEPARABLE ADHESIVE ALONG THE CONNECTED EDGE OF THE OUTSIDE OF SAID FLAP PORTION, (H) WHEREBY WHEN SAID LINES OF SEPARABLE ADHESIVE ARE PRESSED AND ADHERED TOGETHER SAID COVER FORMS A SEALED ENVELOPE FOR MAILING SAID BOOK, (I) A LINE OF ADHESIVE ALONG THE INSIDE FREE EDGE OF SAID FLAP PORTION, (J) A LINE OF ADHESIVE ON THE INSIDE OF SAID FRONT COVER PORTION SPACED FROM ITS EDGES OF COINCIDE WITH SAID LINE OF ADHESIVE ON THE INSIDE OF THE FREE EDGE OF SAID FLAP PORTION WHEN SAID PROTECTIVE AND FLAP PORTIONS ARE FLATTENED AGAINST THE INSIDE OF SAID FRONT COVER PORTION FOR PUTTING SAID BOOK IN CONDITION FOR READING, (K) SAID LEAVES ACTING AS A SEPARATOR BETWEEN SAID BACK COVER PORTION AND SAID PROTECTIVE AND FLAP PORTIONS. 